G/TBT/N/UKR/276  
5 December 2023  
(23-8268) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Pesticides 
and agrochemicals  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet 
of Ministers of Ukraine No. 297 of 16 March 2022"; (1 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  In accordance with the Law of Ukraine No 2775 -IX "On 
Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving State Regulation in the Sphere of 
Pesticides and Agrochemicals" of November 16, 2022 from 01 January 2024 new 
requirements for information that should be indicated on the label of pesticides and 
agrochemicals will be applied in Ukraine. At the same time, the Law provides for the 
possibility of placing on the market of pesticides and agrochemicals with old  labels until 
their expiry date.  
Accordingly, the draft Resolution envisages amendments to the Cabinet Resolution of 16 
March 2022 No. 297 "Some Issues of Traffic, Storage, Use and Trade of Phytosanitary 
Products and Agricultural Chemicals", which propose to regulate the issues related to the 
trade in pesticides and agricultural chemicals, including their import, from 1 January 
2024, by establishing the possibility of circulation of pesticides and agrochemicals labelled 
in accordance with the requirements o f the legislation on pesticides and agrochemicals 
from 31 December 2023 until their expiry date.  
Thus, starting from 01 January 2024, agrochemicals permitted for imports into the 
customs territory of Ukraine, production, trade, use and advertising without their state 
registration in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Pesticides and Agrochemicals", as 
well as pesticides and agrochemicals registered in the State Register of Pesticides and 
Agrochemicals as of 31 December 2023 and permitted for use in Ukrai ne, may be 
imported into the customs territory of Ukraine and/or circulated in Ukraine until their 
expiry date, provided that their packaging and labelling comply with the requirements of 
the legislation on pesticides and agrochemicals in force as of 31 De cember 31 December 
2023.  G/TBT/N/UKR/276  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
Law "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving State Regulation in the 
Sphere of Pesticides and Agrochemicals"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Resolution will come into force from the date 
of its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -vnesennya -zmini -do-postanovi -kabinetu -ministriv -
ukrayini -vid-16-bereznya -2022-r-297 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/UKR/23_14012_00_x.pdf